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The lifeblood of a business school is its faculty, and at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business our faculty members are inspiring, supportive and world-class. We are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Our teaching and research equips students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.
January 18, 2018
How Sales Tax Ended Up in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is poised to take up an issue that states have wrestled with since before the earliest days of online retail sales. It's the issue of whether states may collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers. Sam Handwerger explains why it's a bigger deal than ever.
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How Sales Tax Ended Up in the Supreme Court
January 17, 2018
Practical Tips for Tackling the Daily Grind
The Smith School's Trevor Foulk evaluates six intervention methods that aim to combat the ongoing effects of the daily grind.
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Practical Tips for Tackling the Daily Grind
January 16, 2018
Digital Strategies in Bond Markets
Bond markets value IT investments differently than stock markets according to the strategic roles of IT in industries and the types of risks they create.
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Digital Strategies in Bond Markets
January 16, 2018
How to Optimize Executive Incentives
Leaders can lose their jobs for simply having the right skills at the wrong time, which can complicate negotiations for executive incentive packages.
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How to Optimize Executive Incentives
January 11, 2018
Can Blockchain Save Kodak?
Can cryptocurrency save the struggling Eastman Kodak? "Kodak is clearly trying to ride this wave," the Smith School's Brent Goldfarb says. "But I am at a loss as to the problem this solves." He thinks the effort will slowly disappear.
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Can Blockchain Save Kodak?
January 9, 2018
Is It Time To Rethink 2 Percent Inflation?
What happens when the two key pieces of economic data suggest different paths for U.S. interest rates? That's the situation playing out now as the Federal Reserve maps its course. The Smith School's Robert J. Windle explains.
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Is It Time To Rethink 2 Percent Inflation?
January 4, 2018
Decoding Hotel Management Structure
Does it make good economic sense for hotel owners to hold the deeds and manage operations at their properties? Professor Hui Liao believes it does.
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Decoding Hotel Management Structure
January 3, 2018
Why the Budgeting Process Matters
Numbers, like sales goals, drive action in organizations. But it's the goal-setting process that actually motivates individuals to hit those numbers.
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Why the Budgeting Process Matters
January 2, 2018
Top Five Stocks To Watch in 2018
2017 was a pretty happy year for stock investors, and the Smith School's David Kass says he expects 2018 to be rosy as well. He shares his top five picks: Berkshire Hathaway, Apple, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Kraft Heinz.
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Top Five Stocks To Watch in 2018
December 20, 2017
Detours Ahead, Keynote Speaker Tells Grads
Aspiring leaders who want to unlock their potential should anticipate detours in their nonlinear rise to the top, commencement keynotes speaker Connie K. Weaver told graduates on Dec. 20, 2017. She drew lessons from her own career.
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Detours Ahead, Keynote Speaker Tells Grads